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voters in japan have chosen a new prime minister, shinzo abe. he led the liberal democratic party back to power on sunday, in a landslide victory. abe has pledged to ease monetary policy to pull japan out of its fourth recession since 2000. he also vowed to take a firm stance on territorial disputes with china. abe served as prime minister once before, but he quit in 2007, citing ill health. opponents of egyptian president mohammed morsi are sounding the call for nationwide protests again tomorrow against a constitution drafted by islamists. the opposition was bolstered after saturday's first round of voting on the document. only about a third of eligible voters turned out, as 57% approved the draft-- a much lower level of support than predicted. the second round of voting is saturday. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to judy. >> woodruff: and we pick up now on some of the major questions being asked about guns, mental health and other issues in the aftermath of the shootings. we get four perspectives. dan gross is the presid
voters in japan have chosen a new prime minister, shinzo abe. he led the liberal democratic party back to power on sunday, in a landslide victory. abe has pledged to ease monetary policy to pull japan out of its fourth recession since 2000. he also vowed to take a firm stance on territorial disputes with china. abe served as prime minister once before, but he quit in 2007, citing ill health. opponents of egyptian president mohammed morsi are sounding the call for nationwide protests again...
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japan's nikkei finished up 1% after weekend elections there spurred optimism about policy reforms. but rest of asia posted declines over concerns over the fiscal cliff here in the u.s.. >>> speaking of the u.s.. right now futures indate a slightly mixed opening with a higher opening for the dow and s & p but the nasdaq may drop a little bit. right now the european markets most are trading lower as well. >>> time now 5:20. the first public appearance for the duchess of cambridge since being treated for morning sickness. we have video of her first night out. also we'll take a look at the nurse who took her life after a radio station hoax involving the duchess. we'll tell you how she is being remembered. >>> we'll tell you why some parents are threatening to sue over yoga classes in schools. >>> you can wake up with ktvu every morning. get the mornings top stories that develop while you were sleeping sent straight to your cell phone every weekday morning 6:00 a.m.. get your ktvu wake up call by texting the word wakeup to 70123. w >>> welcome back. kate middleton the duchess of cambrid
japan's nikkei finished up 1% after weekend elections there spurred optimism about policy reforms. but rest of asia posted declines over concerns over the fiscal cliff here in the u.s.. >>> speaking of the u.s.. right now futures indate a slightly mixed opening with a higher opening for the dow and s & p but the nasdaq may drop a little bit. right now the european markets most are trading lower as well. >>> time now 5:20. the first public appearance for the duchess of...
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>> suicides are higher in japan than they are in america. they don't use guns. they have all kinds of ways to kill themselves. and you have a different culture in england. what has hurt this country is the drugs. the drugs have changed everything. you didn't hear about these shootings when i was growing up in the '50s and '60s. and then you didn't need a background check to buy a gun. now with all the drugs, all the stuff we're treating kids with these psychotic drugs, it's causing some real problems in our community. almost all of these kids that have murdered, if you look at them, they have been treated with drugs for their mental problems. and it's changing something. it's taking away their empathy where they can do this kind of horrible thing and not feel remorse or fear or terror of what they're doing. they just go on like a machine. that's the problem in america. it's drugs more than anything. >> i'm glad you've told me what the problem is, philip. thank you for joining me. when we come back, i'll talk to the people sitting with me here in the studio. they
>> suicides are higher in japan than they are in america. they don't use guns. they have all kinds of ways to kill themselves. and you have a different culture in england. what has hurt this country is the drugs. the drugs have changed everything. you didn't hear about these shootings when i was growing up in the '50s and '60s. and then you didn't need a background check to buy a gun. now with all the drugs, all the stuff we're treating kids with these psychotic drugs, it's causing some...
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in this vacuum in japan town, there was the fillmore district with african americans and a variety of other people and they moved into the community. and then japanese americans get out of camp and they come back to their neighborhood that has been populated and made into a different life and different world and what happens when those two communities overlap and intersect? whose place is it, whose home is it? who is an american? how do we sort of coexist in this post war period where the people from that community are by and large marginalized, yet you have this whole kind of other thing happening where it's -- the war has been won, this is like new things, television is happening, advertising, this whole advertising thing is happening. so you have these marginalized peoples and what happens, is it possible to develop a kind of at that moment a cross-cultural community? is it possible to have kind of a multi cultural community that emerged from that moment? and so, in particular, that's what i wanted to explore. and part of the back drop is there was this extraordinary jazz scene hap
in this vacuum in japan town, there was the fillmore district with african americans and a variety of other people and they moved into the community. and then japanese americans get out of camp and they come back to their neighborhood that has been populated and made into a different life and different world and what happens when those two communities overlap and intersect? whose place is it, whose home is it? who is an american? how do we sort of coexist in this post war period where the...
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if we use japan as a model back in the one nine hundred ninety s. late eighty's and ninety's the japanese the nikkei stock market went up to as high as forty thousand and real estate prices were twenty thousand dollars per square foot in central tokyo now those were two bubbles that were created by the marketplace that we see happening now in other places around the world and so what happened in japan when the bubbles pop. that asset bubbles popped they got to a deflationary scenario and they they were the original ones with q.e. now that's the same thing that's happening right now around the world all the other banks are printing money so now it is it's a race to debase currencies now currencies if you look at jet japanese j.j. jeebies the bonds the main holders their debt is over two hundred percent of g.d.p. in japan but the main holders are the pension funds and the pension funds and the people their pensions are evaporating will probably never be paid the money that they expect to retire ok but the currency has appreciated drastically against t
if we use japan as a model back in the one nine hundred ninety s. late eighty's and ninety's the japanese the nikkei stock market went up to as high as forty thousand and real estate prices were twenty thousand dollars per square foot in central tokyo now those were two bubbles that were created by the marketplace that we see happening now in other places around the world and so what happened in japan when the bubbles pop. that asset bubbles popped they got to a deflationary scenario and they...
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. >> as you can see the garden has a wide variety of plants here, almost a hundred species from japan and china and bamboo and native plants. >> they're trimmed to a human scale so you relate to them on a human level. >> this is one of my favorite sections and you can see the goarnlrous maples by the bamboo back drop and especially beautiful in the fall when the leaves start changing colors. just around the corner from maple lane this little garden is called a zen garden, a dry landscape garden and constructed here in 1953. this was originally designed by zen monks for the ground. their main purpose was to create a trairchg tranquil setting for the monks. this is no ordinary bridge. it's made of redwood, oak and cedar. the high arch style makes it easy to pass under. the newly refurbished tea house is in the center of the gard scpen a great place to eat and chill as you take in the view of the garden. if you wish you can experience the rich cultural tradition that celebrates the preparation of green tea or matcha and your host dressed in the ceremony will demonstrate how to clean the
. >> as you can see the garden has a wide variety of plants here, almost a hundred species from japan and china and bamboo and native plants. >> they're trimmed to a human scale so you relate to them on a human level. >> this is one of my favorite sections and you can see the goarnlrous maples by the bamboo back drop and especially beautiful in the fall when the leaves start changing colors. just around the corner from maple lane this little garden is called a zen garden, a...
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eurozone drama what else are they missing around the world say in i don't know let's pick a country japan we're going to have the c.e.o. former c.e.o. of a company you may know it's a japanese company called a live this maybe you had an olympus camera at some point in your life well he went from c.e.o. to whistleblower uncovering a one point seven billion dollar fraud he's going to talk about this and what it is symbolic of in terms of maybe japanese corporate health interesting i your producer dimitri and i were talking about it earlier sounds like he's got a very interesting story lauren lyster thanks as always thank you and that's going to do it for us for now but for more on the stories we covered go to youtube dot com slash r t america or our website r t dot com slash usa and you can follow me on twitter at christine for example. culture is that so much a given to you each visit a share of power and finally the marquesa herdsman would seem like a fantasy only two years ago could become a reality very soon put a strong sense of identity and spread across the middle east because. downl
eurozone drama what else are they missing around the world say in i don't know let's pick a country japan we're going to have the c.e.o. former c.e.o. of a company you may know it's a japanese company called a live this maybe you had an olympus camera at some point in your life well he went from c.e.o. to whistleblower uncovering a one point seven billion dollar fraud he's going to talk about this and what it is symbolic of in terms of maybe japanese corporate health interesting i your producer...
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signing of a new short stop from japan. so we'll sfee that is coming up tomorrow, this sports report brought to you by mercedes-benz. >> fun game. >> yes. he was. >> what a game. >> possible. >> they beat see. no word yet on9w justin smith who injured his elbow"u;ñ. >> cable channel 13, coming up, engineers take technology back to the basics. the tool helping millions of people feel their future. >> then at 11:00 why renewed calls for stricter gun control following connecticut school shooting could explain a surge in gun sales here in the bay area. it's coming up at 9:00 and 11:00 on abc 7 news. >> what is this edition of abc 7 news here at 6:00. >> from the entire abc 7 news team, thanks for joining us. >> we appreciate your time. hope to see you at 9:00 and 11:00. blp this is "jeopa please welcome today's contestants -- a clothing sales associate from valrico, florida... ...an operations coordinator from bristol, pennsylvania... ...and our returning champion -- a computer-chip designer from berlin, massachusetts... and n
signing of a new short stop from japan. so we'll sfee that is coming up tomorrow, this sports report brought to you by mercedes-benz. >> fun game. >> yes. he was. >> what a game. >> possible. >> they beat see. no word yet on9w justin smith who injured his elbow"u;ñ. >> cable channel 13, coming up, engineers take technology back to the basics. the tool helping millions of people feel their future. >> then at 11:00 why renewed calls for stricter gun...
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if we use japan as a model back in the one nine hundred ninety s. late eighty's and ninety's the japanese the nikkei stock market went up to as high as forty thousand and. so now what it is it's a race to debase currencies now currencies if you look at japanese judge jeebies the bonds. the main holders their debt is over two hundred percent of g.d.p. in japan but the main holders of the pension funds are the pension funds and the people their pensions are evaporating will probably never be paid the money that they expect to retire ok but the currency has appreciated drastically against the us dollar it's gone from way over three digits like one hundred ten or one hundred fifteen down to seventy seven dollars so people have made money on that and. the trade actually worked but now you're getting in on winding and you've got a new prime minister who's got a real big job on his hands there who's just walked into the job it's the second time around hopefully he'll be able to make some significant changes but the changes he wants to make are the keynesia
if we use japan as a model back in the one nine hundred ninety s. late eighty's and ninety's the japanese the nikkei stock market went up to as high as forty thousand and. so now what it is it's a race to debase currencies now currencies if you look at japanese judge jeebies the bonds. the main holders their debt is over two hundred percent of g.d.p. in japan but the main holders of the pension funds are the pension funds and the people their pensions are evaporating will probably never be paid...
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the 7.3 magnitude earthquake hit -- hit off the coast of northern japan. buildings in tokyo shook for several minutes. the good news is that there have been at no immediate reports of injuries or damage. the tokyo electric power company says they have had no problems at any of their plants. we do know that the airport is closed right now. no flights going in or out until the tsunami warnings are lifted. we will continue to follow the story. >>, for that. there is reason this morning for a neighborhood plagued by flooding to be optimistic. a proposal to overhaul the system is under way. john is like to explain the system. >> later this morning, the mayor will be out here at the filter plant to make the official announcement to make repairs. after more than 30 years of bad flooding, residents say they cannot wait. >> possible hope for people living in this battered local neighborhood drowning because of a series of bad floods. already line, it is worth three major storm drains converge. any time a storm happens, they do not stand a chance. >> we will have to
the 7.3 magnitude earthquake hit -- hit off the coast of northern japan. buildings in tokyo shook for several minutes. the good news is that there have been at no immediate reports of injuries or damage. the tokyo electric power company says they have had no problems at any of their plants. we do know that the airport is closed right now. no flights going in or out until the tsunami warnings are lifted. we will continue to follow the story. >>, for that. there is reason this morning for a...
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but we did shoot in japan. >> jimmy: part of it? >> a month we shot in japan. that is an experience i will never forget. we had about two days off. i climbed mount fuji with my son, oscar. he is only 12 and it's a serious climb with oxygen tanks. i didn't know that until we got up this. they were selling them up there for $3,000. >> jimmy: did he mknow? how long does it take? >> ten days. each station is a couple hours climb and we stayed on the eighth station. that's close. we had been going six hours. and you then sleep until 1:30 in the morning and climb the rest. in japan they give you a meal and you go to sleep in these shelves. there are shelves laid out and they all just pile in like sardines and all the japanese people like this is normal and it's fine an they climb in and they give you a pact of rice as a pillow. >> jimmy: what? as a pillow. >> if you imagine that's the aisle and that's the wall and they are on their iphones like this. and they literally all just go -- >> jimmy: they're dining right? >> right in front of you. the westerner. you are on
but we did shoot in japan. >> jimmy: part of it? >> a month we shot in japan. that is an experience i will never forget. we had about two days off. i climbed mount fuji with my son, oscar. he is only 12 and it's a serious climb with oxygen tanks. i didn't know that until we got up this. they were selling them up there for $3,000. >> jimmy: did he mknow? how long does it take? >> ten days. each station is a couple hours climb and we stayed on the eighth station. that's...
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you got people standing there and doing all this money back and forth from japan and nobody goes on the street and says open the doors. here's the saddest thing i've ever seen in my life. >> everybody only gets two minutes. if you could finish your thought, that would be great. >> two minutes? i've been here 57 years, lady. you say valley will be here monday and people are out sick. you are not respecting the sbreg integrity of the folks already there. maybe you ought to just stop and let us grow and flow. >> thank you, next speaker. >> good afternoon, supervisors, my name is jake crafford. if you look at the fillmore district and compare it to divisidero and vezation valley, you are having a lot of power shaping our neighborhood deciding what businesses go into the retail spaces, what organizations come to service our community. in the last year and a half there's literally been two meetings in our neighborhood regarding the $800,000, two meetings, and one of the things we agreed to with the mayor's office when they came in, they would have monthly meetings and they would have it month
you got people standing there and doing all this money back and forth from japan and nobody goes on the street and says open the doors. here's the saddest thing i've ever seen in my life. >> everybody only gets two minutes. if you could finish your thought, that would be great. >> two minutes? i've been here 57 years, lady. you say valley will be here monday and people are out sick. you are not respecting the sbreg integrity of the folks already there. maybe you ought to just stop...
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but do you think there's some connection that there's two deaths a year in japan from guns. >> in japan, there are a lot of people in a very small -- and so they -- over the centuries they've learned to -- >> and you're right. it is a very regimented, disciplined society. it is not our society. so there's that going on. but still. >> stephanie: obviously in the stephanie miller community there are people affected. remember scuba drew our friend hawaii that wrote last week. i'll keep this short. please bring up the issue of gun control and what can be done to stop the senseless acts. now is the time to discuss this when the grief and emotion is raw. coming from someone who just lost a loved one in this, it is not too soon. it is perfect time. drew who just read a letter from last week. lots to get to. we have -- we have -- as i was saying my friend dr. wanda coming up at the bottom of the hour. my oldest and best friend. she's a psychologist. she works in maximum security prison. >> she works with people who think like adam lanza. so this ought to be interesting. >> stephanie: 17 minutes
but do you think there's some connection that there's two deaths a year in japan from guns. >> in japan, there are a lot of people in a very small -- and so they -- over the centuries they've learned to -- >> and you're right. it is a very regimented, disciplined society. it is not our society. so there's that going on. but still. >> stephanie: obviously in the stephanie miller community there are people affected. remember scuba drew our friend hawaii that wrote last week....
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oh, no, it's still early in japan. you're going to go on japan time! if down the street it's all about japan here on the job site it's a little bit about italy, and that's because the plasterers are here. you know, there's not a lot of guys that still do blueboard and plaster, and this is a little bit of an old-world art, and we have got one of the best crews working for us. it is bucco and sons. bobby, how you been? good, you? all right. so you've actually worked with us on a couple jobs over the last couple of years. yes, we have. and it's actually a family affair? oh, yeah, it's me, my brother my brother in law, and my father, vito, who i'd like to introduce you to. vito, nice to meet you. thank you, nice to meet you. so how long have you been doing this? oh, 1950 this summer 1950. 1950! 60 years. yeah. unbelievable. now, you grew up in italy? i grew up and i came here when i was 14. and got right to work? my uncle wanted me to get out of the house, so he said, "i'll send you to work with a friend of mine mr. batista clemenzi." mm-hmm. and then i wa
oh, no, it's still early in japan. you're going to go on japan time! if down the street it's all about japan here on the job site it's a little bit about italy, and that's because the plasterers are here. you know, there's not a lot of guys that still do blueboard and plaster, and this is a little bit of an old-world art, and we have got one of the best crews working for us. it is bucco and sons. bobby, how you been? good, you? all right. so you've actually worked with us on a couple jobs over...
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the wisdom tree japan hedge currency etf. the problem with buying a traditional japanese equity etf is, you are inherently long the yen, which we all know is going to be driven down. dxj gives you that good upside exposure but shorts out the yen exposure. you get the best of both words. definitely a solid pick for next year. >> and your other four picks for 2013, they have to do with the merging markets. that seems to be the hot trend right now. let's talk about the one that tracks debt. >> i think this is a no brainer. you get better balance sheets, better growth and a significantly higher yield. i mean significantly. if you look at a u.s. government bond etf yielding less than 1%, this emerging market local current sill etf is yielding 5%. i think this is a trade, probably not just for next year, but for the next ten years. >> right, you've got the iemg, the equity side of the emerging market story. you also have a china etf and most people when they talk about that, talk about fxi, but that's not the one you're talking abo
the wisdom tree japan hedge currency etf. the problem with buying a traditional japanese equity etf is, you are inherently long the yen, which we all know is going to be driven down. dxj gives you that good upside exposure but shorts out the yen exposure. you get the best of both words. definitely a solid pick for next year. >> and your other four picks for 2013, they have to do with the merging markets. that seems to be the hot trend right now. let's talk about the one that tracks debt....
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>> we shot it in sydney but the whole thing takes place in japan. it's a japan saga from the comic books. and we shot most of in the sydney and it's weird. there are only 100 japanese people who live in the country of australia and they play 15 roles each. if you watch carefully they are all rotating. but we did shoot in japan. >> that was incredible. >> jimmy: part of it? >> a month we shot in japan. that is an experience i will never forget. we had about two days off. i climbed mount fuji with my son, oscar. >> oh, you did? >> he's only 12, and it's a serious climb. there's oxygen tanks. i didn't know that until we got up this. they were selling them up there for $3,000. >> jimmy: did he know? how long does it take? >> ten days. each station is a couple hours climb and we stayed on the eighth station. that's close. we had been going six hours. we get there at 5:30 and you sleep until 1:30 in the morning and climb the rest. in japan they give you a meal and you go to sleep in these shelves in log cabens. there are shelves laid out and they all just
>> we shot it in sydney but the whole thing takes place in japan. it's a japan saga from the comic books. and we shot most of in the sydney and it's weird. there are only 100 japanese people who live in the country of australia and they play 15 roles each. if you watch carefully they are all rotating. but we did shoot in japan. >> that was incredible. >> jimmy: part of it? >> a month we shot in japan. that is an experience i will never forget. we had about two days off....
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japan overnight. buildings rock and a tsunami warning s issued. we've got the latest video of the 7 point3 quake. a woman survives six nightsn the snow! a family friend's desperate act... breaking te law... to find her. and all eyes on the supreme court again. will the justices take up the fight r proposition 8. join us for cbs 5 eyewitness news this morning... beginng at 4:30. ,,,, >>> here's a look at the weather in some cities around the country. in washington mostly cloudy, 52 degrees. mostly cloudy in atlanta, 61 degrees. same deal in st. louis. 58 degrees. partly sunny in denver, 49 degrees. 46 degrees in seattle. >>> this is the 71st anniversary of the day that will live in infamy. president franklin roosevelt words to describe the attack on pearl harbor. japanese war planes attacked the base in hawaii. the surprise attack killed more than 2400 american sailors and soldiers and wiped out the pacific fleet. the attack propelled the u.s. into world war ii. >> roger ebert is in a chicago hospital being treated for a hip fracture. he's 70 years
japan overnight. buildings rock and a tsunami warning s issued. we've got the latest video of the 7 point3 quake. a woman survives six nightsn the snow! a family friend's desperate act... breaking te law... to find her. and all eyes on the supreme court again. will the justices take up the fight r proposition 8. join us for cbs 5 eyewitness news this morning... beginng at 4:30. ,,,, >>> here's a look at the weather in some cities around the country. in washington mostly cloudy, 52...
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look at this the movingies at a zoo in central japan love gathering around a warm fire and roasting smores. zoo keepers say the campfire every day they keep it going during the winter for their monkies they have 160 and they satan malls love sitting by the flames and warming their backs. zoo keepers used the fire to bake potatoe. they say the treats are always a big hit or at least that's what the zoo keepers say. >> you thought they liked bananas. >> this is bella a record breaking great dane according to guinness book of world records she is the world's tallest living female dog. bella is in arizona weighing 170 pounds and she eats four cups of food every day. wow. she is standing on all fours she is over 4 feet tall and her owners say they were inspired to put her in the running for the title after -- matching shirts there you go. he was the former record holder for the tallest dog ever four cups of food and bella is a big one. >> we have dogs and i he don't think that our -- and don't think our dog's weight combined with come close to bella. >> i have a beagel this big. the paws are bi
look at this the movingies at a zoo in central japan love gathering around a warm fire and roasting smores. zoo keepers say the campfire every day they keep it going during the winter for their monkies they have 160 and they satan malls love sitting by the flames and warming their backs. zoo keepers used the fire to bake potatoe. they say the treats are always a big hit or at least that's what the zoo keepers say. >> you thought they liked bananas. >> this is bella a record breaking...
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risen by a not so modest 78% to a record $5.5 trillion of foreign holders, china number one followed by japan, bril disa, -- brazil, a assistant third. the cliff negotiations, speaker boehner's offer of a tax rate hike for those making more than a million a year, and speaker boehner reportedly also willing to postpone the debt ceiling issues for at least a year, unclear how. white house aides cite it as progress. joining us lou lehr man, american historian, and great american. >> great to be here always, lou. lou: this is wonderful to watch. the equity market responds at just the suggestion that the two men are actually talking, if talking by one another. what are your thoughts? >> well, the fear and trem ling -- trembling that's spread all over the country and the world about american falling off the cliff, and thus a recession in the united states, the biggest economy in the world, can cause a temporary spurt in activity; however, it shouldn't be forcen freeding this was the federal reserve's qe4 announcement, a trillion dollars in a single year, recreation of new money, money makes it go.
risen by a not so modest 78% to a record $5.5 trillion of foreign holders, china number one followed by japan, bril disa, -- brazil, a assistant third. the cliff negotiations, speaker boehner's offer of a tax rate hike for those making more than a million a year, and speaker boehner reportedly also willing to postpone the debt ceiling issues for at least a year, unclear how. white house aides cite it as progress. joining us lou lehr man, american historian, and great american. >> great to...
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called johann that was about an african american gi and a japanese wife that got married in post war japan. i wrote that play 20 years ago. i wouldn't do it for about 8 years or so because i just didn't feel comfortable about being a japanese american writing an african american character. you have to think about, too, this whole idea of political correctness has both an up side and a very bad down side. one of those is people tend to be very cautious and not want to try things like that. i eventually through my relationship with danny glover pulled it out of my drawers -- out of the drawer, desk drawer, and read it and danny was instrumental in saying, let's do this. let's just do this. but, again, it was me working with some african american actors and i actually had it vetted by august wilson, read it and checked it out for me and there's another fellow who wrote soldier's story, charles fuller, took a look at it for me. i wanted to make sure my bases were covered. but this new play, what i did was, i feel comfortable writing the characters, but you are never sure. one thing that happen
called johann that was about an african american gi and a japanese wife that got married in post war japan. i wrote that play 20 years ago. i wouldn't do it for about 8 years or so because i just didn't feel comfortable about being a japanese american writing an african american character. you have to think about, too, this whole idea of political correctness has both an up side and a very bad down side. one of those is people tend to be very cautious and not want to try things like that. i...
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of my favorite litt tidbits in this whole case is there was a sequence of transactions in a bank in japan in which they brought sequentially numbered travelers checks into this one little bank in japan totaling $290 million. no one seemed to have any idea where it was coming from. it all traced back to a guy in russia who claimed to be a used car salesman. >> woodruff: a used car salemans. >> with $290 million in sequentially numbered travelers checks. >> woodruff: isn't there supposed to be internal monitoring going on inside a bank? >> righ the basic principle is called know your custom. since 9/11 and since a whole bunch of other money laundering issues have surfaced the u.s. government has really tried to make the banks tighter and more careful in terms of who they're doing business with, who they're moving money for. what seems to have happened repeatedly according to the investigators in the h.s.b.c. case is no one was actually questioned. >> woodruff: now it was clear that the investigation on the part of the government has been going on for several years. what brought all this to
of my favorite litt tidbits in this whole case is there was a sequence of transactions in a bank in japan in which they brought sequentially numbered travelers checks into this one little bank in japan totaling $290 million. no one seemed to have any idea where it was coming from. it all traced back to a guy in russia who claimed to be a used car salesman. >> woodruff: a used car salemans. >> with $290 million in sequentially numbered travelers checks. >> woodruff: isn't there...
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. >> and an election in japan leads to a jump in stock marketing there. we go to ashley morrison of cbsmoneywatch.com who joins us now. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. well, an election win by japan's liberal democratic party boosted japanese markets this morning. tokyo's nikkei added about 1% while hong kong's hang seng lost half a percent. >>> on wall street friday stocks fell as investors wait on a budget deal out of washington. the dow dropped 35 points while the nasdaq lost 20. >>> there is some movement in the negotiations to avoid the so-called "fiscal cliff." white house and congressional aides worked through the weekend after house speaker john boehner offered a new proposal to the president on friday. the proposal includes an increase in taxes on people making more than $1 million a year and in exchange he is asking for one trillion dollars in spending cuts. >>> and diet pepsi is getting a huge makeover next month but the company is already making changes. they have added a new sweetener. diet pepsi contains aspartame which breaks down
. >> and an election in japan leads to a jump in stock marketing there. we go to ashley morrison of cbsmoneywatch.com who joins us now. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. well, an election win by japan's liberal democratic party boosted japanese markets this morning. tokyo's nikkei added about 1% while hong kong's hang seng lost half a percent. >>> on wall street friday stocks fell as investors wait on a budget deal out of washington. the dow dropped 35 points while...